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Hundreds of millions embezzled from China rail link: govt

Mar 19, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese auditors said Monday 491 million yuan ($78 million) of funds set aside to compensate residents when their homes were demolished to make way for a high-s...

Section of China high-speed rail collapses: Xinhua

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

A section of a new high-speed railway in central China's Hubei province collapsed following heavy rainfall, official state media reported Monday in the latest i...

Anger as Eurostar suffers delays and cancellations

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

Irate rail passengers slammed Eurostar's customer services after a cable fault in northern France caused delays of up to seven hours and forced the cancellation...

200 stranded rail passengers spend night in Paris station

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

Around 200 rail passengers stranded by harsh weather sweeping northern France were forced to spend the night in trains at Paris's Gare du Nord station, sleeping...

Unique in Germany: the DLR railway test laboratory

Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)

Sometimes the light goes out for a fraction of a second, and sometimes the high speed train is forced to stop at a border, making the journey time longer - anyo...

China train maker says plans to raise 7.1 bn yuan

Feb 22, 2012 (AFP)

One of China's biggest train makers said Wednesday it plans to raise 7.1 billion yuan ($1.1 billion) through a rights issue, after a fatal crash last year starv...

Rio Tinto plans world-first driverless rail network

Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)

Miner Rio Tinto will use driverless trains to deliver its iron ore to ports in Western Australia in what it said Monday will be the world's first automated, lon...

China's high-speed rail to surpass 10,000 km

Feb 16, 2012 (IANS)

China's high-speed rail network is set to exceed 10,000 km in length as the government is planning to add 3,500 km more during 2012. The railway ministry will l...

Adani's plan $10-bn coalmine, railroad project in Australia

Feb 14, 2012 (IANS)

India's Adani Group has hit the Australian headlines with their $10-billion mega plan to build Queensland state's largest coalmine, a 500-km railroad, a new tow...